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Got questions about uni? We're going live at 12pm today (24th September) on Periscope to answer some all important preparation for uni questions.  We've got a second year student, recent graduate and student worker ready and waiting to answer all of your unanswered uni questions. Whether it's 'How do I tell my mates I'm a Christian' or 'Where is the best place to get cheap fancy dress outfits'...

Olli is the student worker at Ivy, Manchester. He has a heart for mission, the lost, loves a good laugh and his guilty pleasure is listening to Beyonce's Greatest hits. Here are some thoughts from Olli... Have you ever had one of those weeks where you constantly meet amazing people? When you get to hang out with people you click with who...

Before joining the HTL (Holy Trinity Leicester) community my life felt like it was spiraling downwards. The last year has been the most incredible, topsy-turvy journey that I’ve ever been on. Not only have I been completely transformed, I have made friends that I know will be there for life. Weekends away, cell groups, Alpha course and lots of ‘pubbing’; at...

A roasting hot, sweaty, packed room full of freshers normally means one thing. Freshers fair. Today 6 church leaders from different churches around York joined forces to run Student Linkup stand at York St John’s freshers fair to help students find churches. Our prayer at the beginning of the day was that the stand would be a place of peace and...

Big dreams and dream bogs Jess, Bridget and Emily are ambitious. Along with their friends they have high hopes for their future. But for one of them, there’s an obstacle between the young woman being able to fulfill her dream: a toilet. Bridget lives in the Rukungiri District of Uganda. All too often in developing countries like Uganda, girls like her drop...

Since 2002 I’ve been inspired by Fusion to see a move of God in the unis and take risks to break new ground.  My vision expanded to plant a church in Manchester (Ivy Fallowfield) to reach students where they lived. We developed from a community of students and graduates I journeyed with over years to establish a church reaching out to students...

Setting off for uni can feel like venturing out into the wild, whether it’s for the first time or the third. The big wide unknown. The wild of uni can be bursting with new adventures, or teeming with strange new creatures. It can be a jungle of temptations, or even a scary, lonely mountain-climb... How do you prepare for that? What on earth do you pack to walk into...